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I hiked over fifteen thousand miles before the start of the American Discovery Trail, but none of those miles required me to hike through an urban center. On the third day out the official ADT route required us to hike … Continue reading
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We did not have to wait long for the first act of kindness along our journey. My nephew Tom lived a couple hours away from Point Reyes and intended to start hiking with us. That did not work out as … Continue reading
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Before our journey along the American Discovery Trail even began we benefited from the kindness of family and friends. On the long drive out we stopped over at two of Ky’s relatives, nephew Curtis and sister Jeannie, and with two … Continue reading
Over the past few months I’ve posted virtues associated with humanity, community and kindness. There’s one more set of virtues to share, those associated with journeying. Here’s a recap of all the virtues. Recall that these virtues are things that … Continue reading
The last of the kindness virtues is faith. I define faith as believing in something you cannot know from experience. Usually this is applied to God, or something that transcends the material realm. We can experience things that transcend us, … Continue reading
During our hike across the country hundreds of people were kind to us. Almost all of them wished us to “Be safe” or “Safe travels” upon our departure. Think about the irony in that. It’s a topic I’ve covered before, … Continue reading
This summer I am a Program Director for a residential YMCA camp; that interferes with my posting on a regular basis. Picking up where I left off regarding kindness virtues, the next one is humility. I view humility as accepting … Continue reading
As we walked across the country there was a direct correlation between the type of road we walked on (when not on trail, bike paths or hiking cross-country) and how frequently people stopped to offer us kindness. On paved roads … Continue reading
As an experienced teacher I’ve acquired a sense of when my “audience” is paying attention or not. When I gave talks across the country about kindness, community and humanity the part that garnered the most attention was when I pointed … Continue reading
Kindness is a virtue that best resides in the context of community, a local setting of intimacy. Kindness requires several virtues in their own right. I list them here: Empathy Leisure Humility Courage Faith
